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cable and information service

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Data ruling helps blur definitions. (Policy).(Brief Article)
WASHINGTON -- Fueled by a recent move by federal regulators, the cable industry could be at the dawn of a new era in which almost all oversight occurs in Washington, D.C. There's the potential for that oversight to be quite minimal, ...
Tags: cable, cable system, FCC, information service, video
Research articles 2002-04-29
FCC queues up vote on cable data.(classification of cable modem service)(Brief Article)
WASHINGTON -- After stewing for 18 months, the cable industry is expected to learn Thursday how federal regulators intend to classify cable-modem service. But that appears to be just the first step as the Federal Communications Commission is ...
Tags: cable, cable modem, FCC, information service
Research articles 2002-03-11
Data Dereg could mean tax hits.(if cable modem services are classified as data services not regulated with cable television services, new taxes might be imposed)
WASHINGTON - Escaping government regulation of its high-speed Internet access business might carry a price for the cable industry in the form of new taxes at local and federal levels. In March, the Federal Communications Commission is expected WASHINGTON...
Tags: cable, cable modem, cable television, Cox Communications Inc., data service, FCC, information service, tax, universal service
Research articles 2002-02-04
When FCC rules on access, cable hopes to see 'Orange'.(Federal Communications Commission)
Anyone attuned to the remarks of Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell knows by now about his passion for promoting broadband deployment. In fact, it's at the top of his agenda. For Republican Powell, the solution isn't com Anyone...
Tags: cable, cable company, FCC, information service
Research articles 2001-11-19
Cable expects favorable data order.(FCC)(Brief Article)
Cable lobbyists are all but certain that the Federal Communications Commission is no more than a month or two away from handing the industry a victory over proponents of mandatory access to cable's high-speed Internet platform. But the win co ...
Tags: cable, cable industry, FCC, information service
Research articles 2002-01-14
Local officials want Internet authority. (Policy).(U.S. Federal Communications Commission regulation of Internet services and cable-system operators)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
An advisory panel of local officials has urged the Federal Communications Commission to retain local regulation of Internet services provided by cable-system operators. The recommendation -- which comes as the FCC nears a decision on the regu An...
Tags: cable, cable company, FCC, information service, Internet, Internet service, regulation
Research articles 2002-02-18
What's in a name? For cable-modem service, 'information service' means plenty. (Washington).(Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
After years of uncertainty in the courts and Congress, the FCC is expected in the next few weeks to chart its course on regulation of cable Internet and other broadband services. Although conventional wisdom has long held that the commissioner ...
Tags: broadband, cable, FCC, information service
Research articles 2002-02-25
High court hears debate on telecom, information service.(News)
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER In arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, justices seemed skeptical the government could designate something an information service if it has elements of telecommunications. "What I am still waiting ...
Tags: brand, cable, Clearwire Corp., FCC, information service, telecommunications
Research articles 2005-04-04
ISPs want lines flushed open: Supremes urged to reject FCC's stance on cable-plant access.(Policy)(Internet-service providers)(Federal Communications Commission)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court should reject the Federal Communications Commission's conclusion that cable companies do not have to share their high-speed data networks with competing Internet-service providers, ISPs told the high court last Tuesd WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court should reject the Federal...
Tags: cable, FCC, information service, Internet Service Provider
Research articles 2005-02-28
Tribe says Congress cannot muzzle telcos. (attorney Laurence Tribe says telephone companies can enter cable television industry)
Tribe Says Congress Cannot Muzzle Telcos WASHINGTON - The constitutionality of a House draft bill that would lay out how the nation's seven regional Bell operating companies RBOCs would be permitted to participate in the information services Tribe Says...
Tags: cable, telecommunications company, cable television, information service, Wiley, phone, U.S. Congress
Research articles 1990-04-23
NCTA backs FCC in cable-data case. (Policy).(the US Court of Appeals is hearing a case concerning the Federal Communications Commission)(Brief Article)
WASHINGTON -- A federal court should not overturn the Federal Communications Commission's finding that cable-modem service is an interstate information service traditionally exempt from heavy regulation, the National Cable & Telecommunications WASHINGTON -- A federal court should not overturn the Federal Communications...
Tags: cable, FCC, information service, telecommunications
Research articles 2002-12-16
BellSouth employs employees as telco entry lobbyists. (BellSouth Corp.)
WASHINGTON -- Regional Bell operating company BellSouth Corp. has created a videotape that it plans to use to educate its employees on the information services issue and, indirectly, as a lobbying tool. Called "Times of Life," the vi WASHINGTON...
Tags: BellSouth Corp., cable, information service, videotape
Research articles 1992-03-16
Baby Bell challenges '84 Cable Act provision. (Bell Atlantic Corp.; Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984)
Bell Atlantic beat the drums for telco video louder than ever last week with the filing of a court challenge to the cross-ownership prohibition of the 1984 Cable Act in Virginia and the announcement of another video dial tone deal in New Jersey. ...
Tags: broadband, cable, information service, network, prohibition, telecommunications company, video
Research articles 1992-12-21
Justice official slams VoIP bill.(Voice over Internet Protocol)
WASHINGTON -- A Justice Department official last week slammed a Senate bill on Internet telephone regulation, claiming the measure could create a loophole in federal surveillance law that criminals and terrorists could exploit to inflict harm on th WASHINGTON -- A Justice Department official...
Tags: cable, FCC, information service, IP, regulation, U.S. Department of Justice, VoIP
Research articles 2004-06-21
Court Invalidates FCC's Declaration that Broadband Access Via Cable Television Modems Is an "Information Service" Not Subject to Regulation as Telecommunications Common Carriage
By John Griffith Johnson, Jr. By John Griffith Johnson, Jr.
Tags: broadband, cable, cable television, FCC, information service, modem, telecommunications
Research articles 2003-11-06
Online providers see cable model. (online information services; cable TV)
BOSTON - Cable television apparently has taught much to the online-services business, judging by remarks at the recent "great debate" among key industry executives. At a conference here sponsored by the Interactive Services Association, BOSTON - Cable television apparently has taught much...
Tags: cable, cable television, information service, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95, MSN, Steve Case
Research articles 1995-07-24
IP telephony: a regulatory jump ball. (Policy).(Brief Article)
A few years back, when cable operators began to offer high-speed data, the industry assumed the offering was a cable service -- a regulatory classification with which both MSOs and local regulators were comfortable. After years of litigation, ...
Tags: cable, FCC, information service, IP, IP telephony, telephony
Research articles 2002-07-08
Adoption And Diffusion Of Digital Cable As Complementary Infrastructure
In this paper, we analyze the adoption and diffusion of digital cable for content and information services with a focus on the United States. The cable industry, traditionally a major segment of the video content services industry, is confronted with infrastructure alternatives. Satellite services gain increasing market and profit share...
Tags: Information Service, University Of Cologne, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking
White papers 2004-08-01

Additional Resources

FCC ruling: cable modems not part of cable service; `interstate information service' would not be included in franchise fees.
The FCC's Local and State Government Advisory Committee had urged the FCC to retain local regulation of Internet services provided by cable-system operators. The committee urged the FCC to classify cable-delivered Internet access as a cable service. The Federal Communication Commission FCC adopted a...
Tags: Cable, FCC, Government, modem, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Research articles 2002-04-01
BBC World enters Slovakia. (BBC World Service Television to offer service in the Republic of Slovakia)(Brief Article)
BBC World, a 24-hour news and information service, has secured cable carriage in the Republic of Slovakia. The channel initially will be available in 126,770 homes in the Bratislava cable ... BBC World, a 24-hour news and information service, has secured cable carriage in...
Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., cable, Republic, TV
Research articles 1996-06-24
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